Surgery

Most of our speys only need an incision that is 1.0-1.5cm long.  A smaller wound means less tissue damage and less sutures required

After surgery we use a laser therapy machine on the wound. This reduces pain and inflammation and it also stimulates wound healing. The less the wound bothers the cat, and the faster the wound heals, the less likely are we to have complications

Cats can be determined.  It is not unusual for cats to try and get skin sutures out once they have woken up from surgery.  Elizabethan collars are not well tolerated by cats. Body suits can be helpful to reduce wound access. To close wounds, we use skin sutures and sutures underneath the skin as well. If the cat somehow removes one or more of the skin sutures, the ones under the skin give back up and support so the wound will stay together

We usually give a combination of 4 different types of pain relief to reduce post-op pain as much as possible. The more comfortable they are, the less likely they are to bother their wounds